Existence and uniqueness conjecture for submanifolds of nearly Kähler CP3\mathbb{C}P^3

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Let (M,g)(M,g) be an nn-dimensional simply connected Riemannian manifold with n<6n<6, and let E\mathcal{E} be a Riemannian vector bundle of rank p<6p<6 over MM, equipped with a metric-compatible connection E\nabla^\mathcal{E} and curvature tensor RER^\mathcal{E}. Let hE:TM×TMEh^\mathcal{E}:TM\times TM\to\mathcal{E} be smooth and symmetric, and define AξEA^\mathcal{E}_\xi for each section ξ\xi of E\mathcal{E} by

g(AξEX,Y)=g(hE(X,Y),ξ).g(A^\mathcal{E}_\xi X,Y)=g(h^\mathcal{E}(X,Y),\xi).

Assume that (E,hE,AE,RE)(\nabla^\mathcal{E},h^\mathcal{E},A^\mathcal{E},R^\mathcal{E}) satisfy the Gauss, Codazzi and Ricci equations for the nearly Kähler CP3\mathbb{C}P^3, and that

(J)(X,Y)=J+J2G(JJ2X,Y).(\nabla J_\circ)(X,Y)=\frac{J+J_\circ}{2}G\left(\frac{J-J_\circ}{2}X,Y\right).

Existence and uniqueness conjecture. There exists an isometric immersion f:M(CP3,g,J)f:M\to(\mathbb{C}P^3,g,J) and a vector bundle isometry φ:ETM\varphi:\mathcal{E}\to T^\perp M such that φ=φE\nabla^\perp\varphi=\varphi\nabla^\mathcal{E} and h=φhEh=\varphi\circ h^\mathcal{E}. Moreover, if f1,f2:M(CP3,g,J)f_1,f_2:M\to(\mathbb{C}P^3,g,J) are isometric immersions and there is a vector bundle isometry φ:T,f1MT,f2M\varphi:T^{\perp,f_1}M\to T^{\perp,f_2}M satisfying φ,f1=,f2φ\varphi\circ\nabla^{\perp,f_1}=\nabla^{\perp,f_2}\circ\varphi and φhf1=hf2\varphi\circ h^{f_1}=h^{f_2}, then the immersions differ by an ambient isometry whose differential restricts to φ\varphi on the normal bundle. The fundamental equations together with the additional equation above provide existence and uniqueness in all examples considered, but a general result has not been proved; this conjecture would establish a general fundamental theorem for submanifolds of nearly Kähler CP3\mathbb{C}P^3.

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Michaël Liefsoens, Hui Ma and Luc Vrancken, “Classification results for totally real surfaces of nearly Kähler CP^3”, arXiv:2504.07035 (2025).

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